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“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”

— Rick Riordan

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Rajveer: Shalini told me that instead of being sad, I should "go get it, girl". So I'm going to "go get it, girl".

Abhimanyu: Get what?

Rajveer: Unclear. I'll get everything, just to be safe.

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i like the concept of soulmates—not a “you’re destined to meet me, and love me” kind of soulmate, but a “i’d pick you, every time.” kind of soulmate. a “no matter what happens, and what has happened, i want to go through it with you.” kind of soulmate. a “i love you by choice, and you’re a blessing, and i’m going to continue thinking about you this way not because i have to but because i want to.” kind of soulmate. a “you help me rest easy when everything is difficult” kind of soulmate. a “in every possible outcome, i want you there, to share it with me.” kind of soulmate.

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June Jordan, Haruko: Love Poems

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“Glare into the skies every morning, promise yourself, ‘This is not the end of you, this is not the end of you, this is not the end of you.’”

— Nikita Gill, from Io Explains Recovery To Europa in “Great Goddesses: Life Lessons From Myths And Monsters”

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Ono no Komachi & Izumi Shikibu, tr. by Jane Hirshfield & Mariko Aratani, The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

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“Girls like her were born in a storm. They have lightning in their souls. Thunder in their hearts. And chaos in their bones.”

— Nikita Gill

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i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there”

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Episode 56 or Raj returns but Alekh is the real MVP here

Episode link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2MTnju-4DKc

Naina is trying to exercise but is still weak. Huda asks why she’s punishing herself when they’re anyway going to be punished in an hour.

Huda asks if he didn’t save her from the Major? Naina says he did but he must have had a motive for it and asks who the man was that he met in the jungle.

Naina asks if he came to save her then why didn’t he support her? She knows that he misguided her in the forest. Huda says he’ll tell her everything but he can’t do so now, he promises he’ll tell her tomorrow.

Naina tells him that her mission was only incomplete because of him and that nothing had better happen to the Captain.

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In the hospital Bunty is asking about Raj and is told that he should be up soon but is under medication at the moment. Bunty goes to the room to find that Raj isn’t in his bed - our Captain is already up and dressed.

Raj asks if Bunty gave the code to Naina and when he confirms he did, Raj asks him to find out who else she had given the code to.

BC addresses the cadets, telling them that they received news that Captain Rajveer had died, or as one cadet felt that he might be alive. He points out that in wartime they will receive news like this about their comrades and they must learn how to handle it and not break their chain of command, as that can be dangerous for all. They must learn discipline and not to break the rules.

Major Nair tells them about the five remaining punishments they’ll undergo.

They are going to have to crawl through a muddy trench with barbed wire over the top with weights on their ankles (which the Major says will teach them their status). They’re in pairs and if the first one fails to do 5 rounds in 2 minutes their partner will need to do 10 rounds.

Raj arrives to interrogate the terrorist he caught. He wakes him by throwing water in his face. Raj says that his location was known only to this own man, but after two days of waiting they were the ones to arrive alongside one of his trusted cadets.

If the information was only with two people how did they get it?

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Back at the academy the cadets are completing their punishment; Naina, Pooja and Huda are currently doing the rounds while their partners wait. Major Nair taunts Naina as she tries to complete the task.

Pooja struggles and Ali tells her he’s ready, if she can’t do it then he’ll complete the task (moments like these I really do love Ali) but Pooja struggles on determinedly.

Major Nair continues taunting Naina, telling her she must be wishing Captain Rajveer was alive to save her. Alekh looks on angrily.

Huda makes it on time, saving Yudi from 5 extra rounds. Major Nair says that he’ll give Naina a minute more in salute to her spirit, is it the spirit to become a soldier or something to do with Captain Rajveer, a special relationship with him that caused her to search for him in the jungle? Distracted, Naina hits her head on the barbed wire, causing her wound to start bleeding again.

Pooja makes it on time and Ali helps her out. Alekh watches worriedly as Naina struggles.

She just misses out on making it in time and Major Nair gloats, telling her that there’s no room for weak cadets in the army as they only let down their comrades.

Alekh gives Naina his hand, helping her out and supports her. He tells her not to worry, Nair has never dealt with a Qaidi before, he doesn’t know how much Alekh can endure. He’ll do the ten rounds easily.

And that ladies and gentlemen, is Alekh Sharma, who would gladly die for his friends or do anything to help them. This is a memorable moment because it really is the cementing of their friendship, from this point onwards we do see them always turn to each other for support.

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Raj speaks to his senior on the phone, telling them that it’s now clear that they’ve managed to turn one of the cadets who gave them his location and cut his jeep. They must know that he’s a special intelligence officer. Raj promises to find out the identity and hangs up just as Bunty delivers the cleaned up photo from the night of the fresher’s ball. Bunty tells him that Naina told two people the code, Alekh and Huda, and urges him to open the envelope.

We see Raj looking at the photo.

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Episode 55 or Naina manages to save her Captain (but not bring him back)

Episode link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNgHNVJBXQ

“Run Sir!” Naina calls out as Raj looks towards her. They lock eyes as the terrorists begin to fire again, Naina ducking away. She tells him to run once more, repeating his words back that as long as there is hope there is breath.

Raj is in a daze and Naina finally collapses from her head wound just as he pulls himself up, tackling one terrorist and managing to throw himself down the hill away from them. Huda picks Naina up and takes her away.

Neelu and her Dad are apparently playing a game (not sure how you can play a Disney movie as a game, lazy production team!) when Brigadier Chandok comes to check on Mr Sahni. Oh oh. He’s not impressed with her lies to say the least.

Major Nair finds the jeep that Huda ‘borrowed’ just as Huda emerges from the jungle carrying an unconscious Naina. He’s exhausted from apparently carrying her through the night, and salutes Major Nair then promptly collapses himself.

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Back at the academy, Shalini tells BC she won’t allow him to do what he has planned as Naina has lost a lot of blood but BC says she can’t stop him. He’s incredibly angry about the breaking of the academy’s discipline and tells Shalini to let him know as soon as her wound is dressed. He wants to show them it’s unacceptable to break the rules for the sake of one soldier.

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In the mess, Yudi tells them that Neelu’s lie has been caught and now they’ll all be punished again. Pooja tells Alekh to cut BC’s signal and Ali points out that Major Nair will do it anyway.

Naina comes in, her head bandaged, and they all cheer for her. She goes to stand with Alekh, smiling at him and he touches her head. Huda asks why they aren’t cheering for him and Pooja comments if Naina hadn’t been there he wouldn’t have come back as the terrorists would have taken him away.

Pooja asks if Naina saw Captain Rajveer, she says that she did for a moment but then... she hopes he’s safe. Huda says he will he since she warned him on time and Naina becomes angry at him. Huda praises her but Naina isn’t impressed at his words.

Huda tells them that Naina told him she loved him last time and she becomes even angrier, accusing him of trying to stop her from reaching Captain Rajveer. Naina says that she doesn’t know what game he’s playing with her but if something happens to the Captain...

Huda tries to go after her and Alekh stops him, saying that he’ll have to give an answer but Huda says nobody has the right to question him but Naina. As he goes, Alekh comments that he’ll show Huda.

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In BC’s office he asks Huda if what is written in the report is correct and he says yes.

BC then asks Naina and she tells the Brigadier that she had seen Captain Rajveer and he was attacked by terrorists. She tried to reach him but was injured and if a rescue mission had been sent at the right time...

BC says that Naina had seen neither Captain Rajveer or terrorists, it must have been poachers. He tells them that they and their batchmates will be punished shortly and dismissed them.

Naina tells him she won’t be dismissed so easily and again argues that she has seen the Captain and that if something happens to him then they will be responsible. If something happens to him then she won’t let it be concealed within the academy.

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In the jungle we see Raj lying motionless on the ground as a terrorist approaches him. He’s been feigning unconsciousness and he manages to grab the man’s gun and apprehend him, stopping him from taking a suicide pill.

Grabbing a radio from the man’s pocket, Raj changes the frequency and dials for help.

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Episode 54 or Naina makes a great (molotov) cocktail

Episode link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mdmHtVIcITU

Neelu enters KMA dressed in salwar kameez and promptly grabs BC’s legs, begging him to help her. She tells him that their father is very unwell and wants to meet her brother, convincing BC to let them go.

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In the jungle it is now night and Naina is struggling to free herself from the tree. Huda sits with the gun, thinking of how he’ll convince Naina to head back.

Naina finally remembers her brother telling her they’d gone on a trek to the area and the lake is actually dry.

Huda releases Naina and says she should follow him in the right direction now. Naina acts as if she wants to kiss Huda and ties him up instead as Huda yells out that there’s a lot of danger ahead.

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Major Nair calls BC to tell him what’s happened, when BC says he’ll suspend them, Major Nair tells him not to, he’ll see to their punishment instead.

Naina continues to search, finding the Lake’s sign as Huda tries to free himself. She sees men with guns moving through the trees and follows them, climbing a tree to get a good vantage point. In the distance she sees a fire burning with an injured Raj lying alongside.

Naina calls out to warn him, telling him that he’s in danger. The terrorists fire towards Naina as Raj struggles to stand. One of them holds him to gunpoint, announcing they’ve got him as Naina jumps down and runs.

She wonders what she can do as Huda apparosches from behind. He points his gun at Naina but can’t pull the trigger.

Naina tackles one of the terrorists to the ground, struggling with him for control of his rifle. He knocks her into a tree and she falls down, her head bleeding.

Huda distracts the man, and picks Naina up to carry her away.

Meanwhile Raj tries to stand again only to be hit in the head and hauled away.

Huda tells Naina to wake up or he won’t be able to forgive himself. She does, and immediately asks where the Captain is. Huda tells her to forget him, this isn’t a test at the academy where if they fail they’ll be out.

Naina tells him this is her decision and she’ll go after the Captain. She finds Raj’s watch on the way, picking it up.

They manage to track down the terrorists and opening up the first aid kit from her backpack, Naina assembles a Molotov cocktail, throwing it.

As the terrorists fire in her direction, Raj finally stirs, lifting himself up. Naina’s head is affecting her but she assembles another Molotov cocktail, throwing it to explode in front of the terrorist. As Naina calls out “Run, Sir!” Raj looks towards her.

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Episode 53 or everyone continues to run around in the jungle and they still don’t find Raj

Episode link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=14t5MtcJB9M

Huda thinks to himself that if he wants the code he’ll have to win Naina’s trust. He gets some medicine that causes diorreah and gives a cold drink laced with it to Major Nair as Naina looks at him with disgust.

It starts to work and Major Nair has to head to the bathroom. Huda locks him inside and unties Naina, telling her they’ll go to find the Captain. They drive off. Huda knows a shortcut and they head into the jungle but Naina remains suspicious of him. She asks why he’s helping now when he didn’t want to find the Captain before.

Huda makes excuses, and Naina thanks him for his help, softening slightly. Naina points them in the right direction and Huda asks how she can be so sure. She accidentally tells him about the code and ends up showing it to him (Naina, what did Bunty tell you!!).

Huda is overjoyed, having finally achieved his aim. He pretends to need to pee so he can call his contact only for the man to approach him.

Naina sees them together and asks who that man was. Huda starts leading Naina in the wrong direction and Naina becomes suspicious once more, realising that Huda is leading her in the wrong direction. Eventually she starts running from Huda, finding the sign for the lake.

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At the academy Alekh arrives back just in time, getting back into the pit. They ask him to do something about their situation and Alekh tells them that Naina will bring the Captain back soon.

Neelu approaches them, and Yudi asks how she keeps just coming inside the academy whenever she wants (I do wonder that as well). She tells them she can get them out in ten minutes if they like. While Ali and Yudi say no, Alekh and Pooja agree. Neelu says that if she’s successful, Alekh will have to do what she says for 24 hours.

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In the jungle, Huda is still trying to get Naina to turn around as she wonders why they haven’t found the lake yet. Huda pulls out an apple for them to share and she eats the whole thing. He flirts, crossing his lines and Naina ends up kicking him.

Huda eventually ties Naina to a tree to stop her from going after Raj. Huda’s phone rings and Naina asks him who it is, wondering why he wants to stop her getting to the Captain.

Huda’s contact tells him that they’ll kill Naina if he can’t get her to turn back around. He swears he won’t let her reach the Captain, and his contact directs him to a hidden revolver.

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Episode 52 or there’s rather a lot of running around in the jungle

Episode link: https://vimeo.com/447522207

Somehow the official channel didn’t post this one up, but luckily I had a link saved from years ago, so I’ve uploaded it to Vimeo - apologies for the poor quality, that’s the best I’ve got!

Huda is searching the jungle looking for Naina as she hides from him, running away. Eventually she runs into Alekh, asking him what he’s doing there.

He tells her it’s not like he’s doing it for the first time, he’s come to help her. Alekh grabs Naina’s hand and helps her hide just in time.

Alekh notices the wound on Naina’s hand and asks if she’s alright. She asks him to head back as this is her task and she must do it alone. Alekh tells her there’s no point in heading back, the Brigadier wants to kick them out of the academy. He explains what happened to them after she left and that it’s important she arrives back quickly.

Naina says it’s even more important that she finds the Captain when she doesn’t know what type of state he’ll be in. They’re interrupted by Nair and Huda searching nearby, who have heard a woman’s voice. Naina and Alekh hide, narrowly escaping detection.

Major Nair tells Huda he needs to find Naina as she’s nearby and they split up to search. Alekh distracts Huda by throwing a rock and they manage to escape in time.

Alekh has Naina take off her jacket and they manage to trick the Major and Huda with it, leaving it hanging on a branch.

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Back at the academy, Suriji and Lolita bring some water to the cadets and notice that Alekh is gone. Suriji doesn’t believe them at first and Lolita tells him if cadets continue to run away, only they’ll be left in the academy.

Suriji says that they’re all making a fuss for nothing, no matter how many jails Alekh was in he never ran away. Even if he has gone it must have been for a good reason. Yudi confirms that he’s gone to help Naina.

Lolitaji tells Suriji they’ll have to stop BC before he comes on his rounds and notices that Naina isn’t there. They head to BC’s cabin and manage to convince him that it’s not necessary to check on them.

Pooja faints in the heat, telling Ali that before her signal goes off he should say I love you, collapsing in his arms.

Naina thanks Alekh for his help and shows him the code, which he manages to crack (wah re wah Alekh!). Naina thanks Alekh and hugs him and he tells her “Dosti mein no thank you and no sorry” asking if he said it correctly, he saw it in a film 😂 Naina asks him to head back to the academy so that BC doesn’t find out that he left and to help their friends.

Alekh tells her to be careful of Huda and as Naina runs off says that he’ll lead them astray. He drops some of his items in a false trail away from them, putting footprints into the mud. Sure enough we see Nair and Huda following the clues.

As they are searching, Huda gets a phone call and sneaks away to answer it. The person on the other end tells Huda he’ll kill Naina if she reaches the Captain first and that they’re on the wrong trail.

Naina spots a message left on a tree trunk, declaring “Sir, I’m coming!”. Unfortunately as she begins to run off, Huda and Nair finally catch up to her. They bind her hands and prepare to take her to the academy.

Naina argues that the Captain must be nearby and they need to save him but Major Nair won’t listen. Huda asks Major Nair to stop the jeep then, pretending he needs to use the bathroom.

He calls his contact, who tells him that he needs to get the code from Naina any way he can within the next half hour.

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Episode 50 (51) or Alekh proves once again why he is the best friend ever

Episode link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=07wZGaNT70c

Huda comments that now they’ll have to find Naina alongside the Captain.

Luckily she spots them before they see her and hides. Major Nair says they’re going to go as far as they can into the jungle but if they don’t find him in a couple of hours they’ll come back. He’s not worried about finding Naina as she’ll anyway be thrown out of the academy.

Naina climbs into a truck that is leaving, unfortunately Major Nair sees her in the reflection of a car window.

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Back at the academy the rest of the group are in trouble. BC asks if they think the academy is a joke and tells them that they’ll be punished for helping Naina run away.

They’re all going to have to jump into a five foot hole which will be filled with dirty water and they will remain there until Major Nair brings Naina back. If any of them leave they will be expelled alongside Naina.

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Naina spots Major Nair and Huda trailing her and throws boxes from the truck to stop them (sorry truck driver, it’s for a good cause). Finally Major Nair crashes as Naina calls out “I’m sorry Sir but I’ll now return with Captain Rajveer!”

Huda realises that Naina knows where Raj is and tries to set out after her. He lies to Major Nair that he’ll go to find a mechanic. He also asks for Major Nair’s mobile so he can find network ahead to contact the academy.

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The cadets are all feeling sick standing in the dirty water. Alekh says that jail was better than this while Ali asks if they think the punishment is a bit unhygienic 😂 Pooja starts screaming saying she feels something near her foot and Alekh says all of the neighbourhood’s worms must be in there.

Alekh says they made a mistake - Yudi asks “By joining KMA?” He’s regretting not going abroad to study software. Alekh says they should have gone with Naina, in jail you only help someone escape if you’ll go with them.

Ali says that someone has to take the side of the law. Alekh gets out of the late telling him that he can support the law and Alekh will suppost Naina.

Yesssss the best friend that there ever was, and this is going to be a defining moment in their friendship!

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Someone with a gun is watching Naina as she makes her way forward, preparing to shoot her. Huda calls them, telling them that Naina knows where their target is. Huda’s contact says that he has orders to finish Naina and Huda is shocked, he says that he’ll handle Naina. The man reminds Huda that they need to finish whoever comes in the way of their mission.

At the dhaba, Alekh finds out information from the waiter on where Huda and Major Nair have gone. The waiter tells him a shortcut as Alekh bribes him.

Huda arrives back with the mechanic, just as Major Nair is ranting about him having disappeared. Huda says that they should look for Naina first as Raj won’t move quickly while he’s injured but they need to reach Naina before she gets too far. Major Nair agrees with him and they head off.

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Naina trips and injures her hand, quickly wrapping it up. She swears that whatever happens, she will find Captain Rajveer and continues trekking through the jungle.

Naveen’s voiceover tells us that when your courage is breaking you should remember all the obstacles you overcame on the long journey to reach this point. The one strength that helped her reach this point.

Naina once again remembers Raj’s words that he believes in her, she picks herself up and continues.

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Huda says he’ll head into the jungle to search and Major Nair gives him a point to meet at in half an hour.

Naveen’s voice over tells us that his old friend, Captain Rajveer is fighting a battle between life and death somewhere in this jungle. Naveen’s little sister has come to find him, facing all difficulties to find the answers she seeks as Raj is the only one that can answer them.

Naina is not alone though, there is someone seeking to stop her, her crazy admirer (Huda is shown searching for her) but there is also someone who will help Naina, a true friend... and the camera focuses on Alekh who is finally on his way.